Camilla Horn
Date of birth: 1903-04-25
Place of birth: Frankfurt am Main, Germany
Known for: Acting
Also known as: Камилла Хорн, Camilla Martha Horn
Biography
The daughter of a railroad official, Camilla Horn was educated in Germany and Switzerland. She initially trained as a dressmaker and received her first job experience in a fashion salon in Erfurt. This was merely a stepping stone for a performing career which began with dance lessons in Berlin and subsequent acting studies under Lucie Höflich. The lithe, blond and strikingly beautiful Camilla soon appeared in cabaret revues staged by Rudolf Nelson. By 1926, she was employed as an extra at Ufa, where she was spotted by the director F.W. Murnau, who found in her the ideal representation of Gretchen for his seminal production of Fausto (1926) . The role catapulted Camilla to instant stardom. Within a year, she was signed by United Artists in Hollywood, befriending Charles Chaplin and, more importantly, studio chairman Joseph M. Schenck. The friendship with Schenck may, or may not, have led to an affair -- depending on which story one is to believe -- but it did result in two high profile starring roles opposite John Barrymore in the torrid melodramas Tempestad (1928) and Amor eterno (1929), both produced by Schenck. Neither film was a commercial success. With the coming of sound, Camilla returned to Europe, briefly appearing on stage in London and Paris, before resuming her screen career in Germany. As the 1930's went on, she rarely turned down a role, playing anything from baronesses and fashion models, to vamps and 'fallen women'. The quality of her films was variable, but there were several noteworthy standouts, such as Hans in allen Gassen (1930) (opposite Hans Albers), Fiesta en palacio (1934) and Payasos (1938) (as a circus artiste, again with Albers). During this tumultuous decade, Camilla conducted a lengthy affair with the singer Louis Graveure, fifteen years her senior. This came to an end in 1938, when Graveure was suspected of espionage by the Gestapo and fled to England, via the Cote d'Azure. After her luxury villa in Berlin was ransacked in search for non-existent clues, Camilla's outspoken criticism of the Nazi regime reached a point where it got her into serious trouble. She saw out the first half of her career with a trio of long forgotten films made in Italy. Having failed in an attempt to flee to Switzerland, she kept a low profile and even tried her hand at farming. After the war, she had a stint as an interpreter for the occupying U.S. forces in Germany. Camilla made a successful return to the stage in a 1948 Frankfurt production of Jean Cocteau's "L'Aigle a Deux Tetes" (aka 'The Eagle Has Two Heads'). She spent the latter half of her acting career playing grand dames, matriarchs and worldly ladies with colourful backgrounds, in both films and on television. In 1974, she was awarded the 'Filmband in Gold' (also known as 'Lola') for lifetime achievement in the German film industry. In her 1985 autobiography, "Verliebt in die Liebe" ('In Love with Love'), she happily recounted her marriages and liaisons.
Movie Credits
Faust
1926-10-13
God and Satan war over earth; to settle things, they wager on the soul of Faust, a learned and praye
Polterabend
1940-03-21
Rudi, who’s been quite the ladies’ man, finally wants to settle down and marry Hilde. So as to not g
Tempest
1928-05-27
In the final days of Czarist Russia, a peasant is raised from the ranks to Lieutenant. The other off
Eternal Love
1929-05-11
In the Swiss Alps of the early 19th century, a couple forced into loveless marriages struggle to fin
A Waltz for You
1934-08-11
Ruritanian power struggle with opera singing.
Königin der Arena
1952-12-19
Der Doppelgänger
1934-02-01
Fahrendes Volk
1938-12-15
Fernand has escaped from prison and finds shelter in the traveling circus Barlay, where his former w
Friedemann Bach
1941-06-25
During a house concert, the Bach family gets a visit by their son Wilhelm Friedemann, who has just g
Schloß Königswald
1988-01-14
In Königswald Castle, eight noble old ladies and their maid are waiting for the end of World War II.
Rote Orchideen
1938-09-07
In a made-up country somewhere in northern Europe: In the armaments factory F.N.G., an important dr
Appointment in Beirut
1968-09-20
When an international casino crime ring is planning a big score at a fixed roulette game, the casino
If I Were King
1934-01-09
The Cheeky Devil
1932-04-28
Adaptation of a French comedy, set in Paris, in which a lecherous man sets his sights on a beautiful
Die keusche Geliebte
1940-12-27
White Slaves
1937-01-05
Russia, 1917. Revolution is in the air. The Sevastopol anchors In Saint Petersburg. The sailors are
Die letzte Runde
1940-11-20
In New York, boxer Eddie Steele has a promising career ahead of him. But this makes him reckless, an
Wenn ich sonntags in mein Kino geh'...
1992-12-20
A documentary about the 75th birhday of the UFA film studios directed by Hans-Christoph Blumenberg.
He's at It Again
1970-01-30
A comedy directed by Rudolf Lubowski.
Immer bei Vollmond
1970-03-13
Broken Love
1942-03-10
The well off daughter of a tenor breaks up a romance with a helpful youth from a misunderstanding. B
Mein Herz gehört Dir...
1930-02-23
German drama
Frivolous youth
1931-07-18
Lydia is a spoiled young woman who thinks she can get anything for money. One day she causes an acci
Seine beste Rolle
1944-01-20
The Great Passion
1930-08-24
This is a real curiosity; at best a reasonable film, but also a charming little gem. There is a stor
Hans in Every Street
1930-12-23
A bold crime caper about muckraking journalist Hans Steindecker, who happens to witness a spectacula
Herz ohne Heimat
1940-08-06
Sein letztes Modell
1937-04-23
Roman eines Arztes
1939-09-14
The Red Rider
1935-02-01
Gesucht wird Majora
1949-09-02
Zentrale Rio
1939-10-04
Maria Halmborg is a widow. Her husband Erik - missing for years - is considered dead. Suddenly she l
Vati macht Dummheiten
1953-12-02
Intimitäten
1948-02-03
Crooks in Tails
1937-08-25
Womanizer Conny and his less successful brother Fred make a lucrative real estate deal on the Côte d
Racoczy-Marsch
1933-12-15
Hungary, 1925. A young lieutenant of the Hungarian army Fröhlich falls in love with his captain's si
The Adventures of Superhero
1987-10-08
TV star Benjamin inherits from his uncle a cloak of invisibility. Invisible he must discover that hi
Fundvogel
1930-05-19
Young Jan Bergwall visits his grandmother, the so-called centenary, at Woyland Castle. There he meet
Spiders
1989-08-23
Péter begins to correspond with the unknown Ági living in Munich while he is spending his military s
The Love Nest
1933-07-01
On the eve of his own marriage, a man offers shelter to a runaway wife with whom he strikes up an un
Tartuffe
1926-01-25
A young man shows his millionaire grandfather a film based on Molière's play "Tartuffe" in order to
The Bordellos of Algiers
1927-05-10
Three Around Edith
1929-11-12
Notorious jewel thief Roger "Tiger" Brown sneaks into the trust of diamond dealer Thomas Morland. No
Matinee Idol
1933-08-29
A well-known actor is murdered. Another performer becomes an amateur sleuth so she can prove her sis
Frankies Braut
1982-01-01
The Luck of a Sailor
1934-04-26
In this romantic comedy, the king of Ruritania marries an impoverished commoner after he is exiled.
In geheimer Mission
1938-12-16
Los 5 Faust de F. W. Murnau
2002-11-26
Ich sehne mich nach dir
1934-12-20
The Return of Raffles
1932-09-27
A British crime film directed by Mansfield Markham
Eva and the Grasshopper
1927-06-10
Mary and Eva are best friends, although they couldn't be more different. Armand, Mary's fiancee, fal
Die Erbin
1958-07-09
Die große Chance
1934-03-30
Moral und Liebe
1933-02-03
Film by Georg Jacoby.
Die Königsloge
1929-11-21
Der fröhliche Weinberg
1927-12-20
Madame Wants No Children
1926-12-14
Playboy Paul Le Barroy, weds Elyane Parizot because he is ready for children, and his mistress, Loui
Sunday of Life
1931-01-29
Ellen Hobart is a gold-digging manicurist who sights her sights on David Stone, a wealthy young man.
Ways to Strength and Beauty
1925-03-16
The perfect body as an object of cult worship. Based on the mass sports and body worship movement of
Money Governs the World
1933-10-13
In this French set comedy, five million francs change hands one weekend between a man pretending to
I Go Out and You Stay Here
1931-04-09
Weimar era screwball comedy about a floor model who is required to go out evenings to escort VIPs wh
Der letzte Walzer
1934-11-27
Film by Jacoby.
The Song of the Nations
1931-03-17
The Night Without Pause
1931-12-22
When Julius Seipold's wife Regine becomes suspicious that he is having an affair after discovering i
The Five Accursed Gentlemen
1932-03-23
European tourists on holiday in Morocco are threatened by a native sorcerer who predicts five of the
Morals at Midnight
1930-06-20
Berlin, the center of pleasures and kingdom of small virtues. From all over Germany, young night owl
L'angelo del crepuscolo
1942-12-07
Paura d'amare
1942-03-29